Sentences with phrase «by followers of religion»

Nothing can be proven by followers of religion.

The passage has been misused both by Marxists some of whom have made atheism part of their doctrine and by followers of religion who want to show that Marxism is a rejection of rejection of religion.

Not exact matches

Every religion has a canon — a code of laws adopted by its followers.

All religions are terrorist organizations — some hide it by camoflaging their prejudices with acts of decency... some followers are blinded by the outward trappings and are actually good people (the camoflage)....

In the end your religion is a lie anyway, you insult the followers of the Almighty One, indivisible, the only Lord by blaming your zombie god's death on them.

In Jesus» day, the Jewish faith was governed by the Pharisees, pious followers of the law who placed the tenets of their religion above all else.

Any one who knows the long and convoluted, very human process of the integration of the «Yahweh» god, (the god of the armies), into Hebrew culture, could never for a moment take it seriously, as well as the development of the major tenets of Christianity, most of which were not spoken of by the so - called «founder» of that religion, (but instead were developed by his followers), many years later, including the long, and very interesting concoctions of his cult.

That being said, I know that people will ALWAYS do terrible things, but hopefully by getting rid of organized religions we would make it hard for terrible people to geta footing and develop followers to spread the scale of those bad things.

What holds more value to you: the words of your religion's founder and most prominent followers -LRB-- words that came straight from God), or laws that constantly change with times and are decided by people who don't follow your religion?

By the time he died, tens of thousands of followers had joined the religion.

Phelps is himself the Anti-Christ living among us in our own time, fomenting dissent through the false use of religion, leading his followers to do evil in the name of God, as though Phelps is anointed — he is anointed all right, by the Devil himself, to do evil in a way that only the Devil can do so well.

The phrases you use are identical to the phrases used by those in cults and denominations you would say are not Christian and muslims and followers of other religions.

that's all religion can give seeing anything of substance can't be proven by religious leaders or their followers; the reason for the whole «wait and see» thing.

oday's Christians tend to be followers, accepting of the notion that religion is just a box built by someone else into which they must stuff their spirit.

I used to think that CNN was just playing into the hands of religious followers by having a belief blog... now, with articles like this one, it seems more likely they are subtly making fun of them by showing the absurd side & how religion evolves to meet the needs of the current religion industry to keep butts in seats.

Paul's new religion did not fit well with the Jewish beliefs held by the followers of Jesus (led after the crucifixion by Jesus» brother James).

After all, the dominant religions in the United States keep their followers by encouraging them to remain ignorant of other religions out of fear they will find out that there's basically nothing new under the sun, and that the ideas of Christianity date all the way back to ancient Egyptian religion ant the mythology surrounding Horus and Set.

Then all three are the same and their followers are being sadly misled by a religion of hate, not love.

It is true that there have been those who committed violent acts in the name of Christianity, but I submit to you they were not true followers of Christ evidenced by their use of religion for their own personal gain as they rejected the tenets of their faith as set forth by it's founder.

If you or any of the fundies were adopted by Muslims when you were babies, and raised in Iran, you would be followers of the religion of Islam.

His chronicler therefore goes to lengths to acknowledge first the furor created in Mexico by the papal interview but then lists dozens of heads of governments received by the Vatican since World War II, including not only Catholics but «Protestants, Anglicans, Orthodox, Buddhists, Mohammedans and followers of no religion.

They can not understand that their own religious followers betrayed them by making it a religion of terror.

For the most part religion subdues metaphysical thought by urging it's followers not to think independently on the big questions of life but rather rely on their doctrine for old outdated answers.

If we should discover mistakes in the scriptures of their religions or should observe the misconduct of their followers we should not attribute these defaults and shortcomings to the founders of those religions, inasmuch as the perversion of scriptures is possible and it is possible that mistakes of interpretation might find their way into the commentaries, but it is not at all possible that a person should fabricate lies against God and should claim to be a prophet and should put forward his own compositions as the word of God falsely and yet God should grant him respite like the righteous and should bestow upon him wide acceptance by people (Tohfa Qaisariyyah, p. g 10).

Is the church composed only of those who call themselves Christians, or followers of Jesus, and who accept a certain dogma; or does it consist of those who dwell in the Spirit, by whatever religion or label they identify themselves, those who live according to the principle of love for one's fellow man, and of recognizing the holy spirit within each?

You know I think not all those accounted to Islam or Islamic countries are real Muslim in practice but Muslim only by Coding as by land or family of birth... but they contain all those you might know in beliefs or in disbliefs in their inner soul, heart, mind, that's why we were told we will be judged by our intentions and not by being accounted for religions as followers...

Ironic isn't it — the biggest mass murders in history perpetrated by the most religious followers of a religion promoting turning the other cheek...

after years of study I have concluded that more human beings have been killed and or oppressed by the followers of the «prince of peace» than any other religion in the history of mankind....

2) while many uninformed pundits like Blue — again by their own choosing and lack of initiative — get confused by the thousands of religious faiths, understand the following: don't get bogged down by the thousands of off - shoots, of the three major (by followers) religions in the world, being Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, all three subcribe to the same core Abrahamic (Old Testament) beliefs.

They tried to increase their influence in society by gaining more followers and defending Christian beliefs against the claims of philosophy and other religions.

And, you can't equivocate and state that he's a loving God who will save followers of all religions who believe, because that's not what they teach (as clearly evidenced by your own post).

12ax7, 95 % percent of crimes are committed by religious followers, that's based on the claim that 95 % of the worlds population believes in a religion of some sort.

I've learned a lot too by reading up on other religions from reliable sources and asking a lot of questions to followers and leaders in those religions.

Dogmatism has by no means been missing in the oriental religions and has been traditionally more important than many of their American followers probably realize.

All the more misplaced... are the efforts by some supposedly Jewish organizations to arouse, through their battles against Christmas symbols in public places, the ill will and resentment of Christians» at the very time when the Christian religion, more than at other times of the year, inspires its followers with irenic and philanthropic sentiments.»

For each of the revealed religions, it has been the private, lonely, personal illumination, revelation, or ecstasy of some acutely sensitive prophet or seer that provided the primal revelation that was later codified and dogmatized by his followers (RVPE 19f).

Because of their diverse sacramental features, religions differ considerably from one another in the ways by which they formulate for their followers the fundamental character of this mystery.

From the theological standpoint, it is sufficient to say that followers of these religions could be saved because they are covered at least by the universal covenant given to Noah, a covenant given not only to all men but also to all the infrahuman levels of reality.

Since the followers of Jesus regarded him as essentially human, statements about his divine nature or function have been added to the authentic gospel, often by use of ideas derived from «mystery religions.

The question isn't what is true / scientific / rational / etc, but when / if followers of a specific belief should be expected to resist extremists who claim similar beliefs B) not all extremists are motivated by religious beliefs, and not all groups which claim a religious agenda are truly motivated by religion

IMO, Patra is a negative example of a religious follower: someone who adopts a religion not by way of a personal spiritual journey and genuine conviction, but for social reasons, such as to please someone (in her case, Leo), looking outside oneself to find the answers, to be led and told what to do.

For this project, Geng Xue departs from research conducted around the sacred mountain Mount Sumeru, which lies in the Garwhal Himalayas, in the Uttarakhand region of India and is said by diverse religious followers to be the centre of the physical and spiritual universe for the Buddhist, Jain and Hindu religions.

While merely an interested layman in this field, the debate between the scientific community and the «green - religious» community as represented by Mr Seward has been most illuminating: both of the surprising tale of the basic data being withheld, and of the paucity of comprehension among the followers of the «green religion».